Though he was deposed from his throne and considered crazy, King Ludwig II of Bavaria left behind an extraordinary architectural legacy when he died in 1886. An inveterate dreamer, he is most famous for Neuschwanstein, the unfinished fairytale castle built atop a hill in southern Germany, decorated with kitschy depictions of medieval legends, and complete with indoor grotto.
This sprawling, turreted schloss should have been enough to sate the desires of any…
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